June 12, 2015: Michael has finished his degree!

Why BARDD?

The word bardd is a Welsh word meaning bard. A bard
is an ancient Celtic poet, though William Shakespeare
is sometimes referred to as "the Bard". At any rate,
bardd made a good acronym which
acknowledges Dr. Penry's Welsh ancestry and liking for
Celtic music and poetry. Also, when mispronounced by
English speakers, it sounds like what it means.
(Bardd should be pronounced as
"barth" where the "th" is voiced as in "this".)
Finally, it gives a good name for the
group members: bards. (In Welsh, the plural would
actually be
beirdd, but that's too much to expect people to
remember.) And maybe someday we'll post some poetry....